I recently reinstalled Windows on a user's computer. They were /are using WinXP Home and set their documents directory with security. I reinstalled the PC with their same user name and passwords, but they cannot open these files any longer. Is there a way to remove the security? Some of these files...

I currently have two offices that will become one big office. There will be at most 150 users. Each office currently has a T1 and we do not really have any problems since we also use a Packeteer Packetshaper. If someone wanted to increase the pipe, would they go from a T1 to a T3 or is that over...

I rebuilt a Windows 2000 from scratch. All installs are new. The icons in the system tray, next to the clock are very small (about the size of a pinhead). In addition for all windows the minimize, maximize, and close buttons the top right corner of the screen are also very small. There is no effect...

The company I work for is acquiring another company and I have been tasked with making the two domains coexist. Let's say the domains are abc.com and xyz.com The abc.com domain is a mixed mode environment (Windows 2000 and 2003 DCs). The xyz.com one has Windows 2000 native. Here are my questions....

We have a folder containing lots of confidential docs that supposedly accessible to all employees that should have read permission only. They should not be able to Print/Copy/SaveAs/E-Mail and do other docs stuff. Our IT staff had made the folder read only though people could still re-save the...

Hi Friends I want an advice from you guys. I have work exp in Web Developement and Quality Assurance. But my interest lies in security and penetration testing. Could you guys guide me where to start from. If there is any good material which can help me doing the same or some site where I can...

Good client presented this problem to me. We tried several tactics, and now are at a loss. His latest words to me: "I'm running Windows XP Pro, build 5.1, SP2. The printer that the system defaults to at reboot/startup is an HP 6210 "All In One", while the older workhorse that I want to use most is...

We currently have a customer with a single Windows 2000 Active Directory forest and a single domain that contains approx 2000 users spread across several geographically disburse locations worldwide. All locations have a domain controller located locally. We also have Exchange 2003 deployed. The...

My company uses a 3rd party software. There's one screen that has a few graphs and a few lines that scroll across the screen. Similiar to a Screen Saver's Scrolling Marquee. They redesigned the software and this screen will no longer exist. I would like to capture this screen w/scrolling marquee....

How would YOU handle this? We have the CEO that wants a more private email and doesn't want to deal with all these people from the outside guessing his email and sending messages. We don't want that, if he uses a ceoPrivate@domain.com secondary mailbox, people can see his private email address. We...

We have set up a one way trust with another company. Our domain is trusted by their domain. When they attempt to grant permissions on shares to our users, they receive a pop-up requiring logon credentials of a domain administrator in our domain. Is this by design or should the trusting domain be...

Looking for guidance on Records and or Data Retention. What are best practice guidlines? High turnover causes "brain drain" and loss of completed work because users store information on their hard drives or in their e-mail. Suggestions?? Ideas? Thank you-sf

Here is the scenario: I?ve got an old NT4 PDC in place with about 600 users. This machine is very old, and will not upgrade to 2003. I have a brand new Windows 2003 Server. Keeping in mind I do not want to wipe this new machine and install NT4. I need to replace the NT4 PDC with this new 2003...

We are running Sharepoint with Microsoft SQL Server on a Windows 2k3 Server. At some point the raid controller failed. After being replaced we found the database was marked "suspect" and will not open. There seem to be three parts to the database: dbname_PROF, dbname_SITE, and dbname_SERV. The logs...

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